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Oscars 2014: 10 things we learnedhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/mar/03/oscars-2014-10-things-we-learned
<p>The 86th Academy Awards are over. Here’s our top takeaways from the night, from Meryl’s moves to Matthew’s megalomania</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/02/oscars-2014-live-ceremony-red-carpet">How the night unfolded</a></li><li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/mar/03/oscars-2014-gravity-alfonso-cuaron-12-years">Peter Bradshaw’s take</a></li><li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/03/oscars-2014-winners-list">Full list of winners</a></li><li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/mar/03/oscars-2014-five-reasons-this-year-fell-flat">Five reasons this year fell a bit flat</a></li></ul><p>If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23oscars&amp;src=hash">#oscars</a> <a href="http://t.co/C9U5NOtGap">pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap</a></p><p>Best <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23oscars2014&amp;src=hash">#oscars2014</a> selfie of the night? Forget that <a href="https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow">@TheEllenShow</a> one .. it's all about Gravity <a href="https://twitter.com/guardian">@guardian</a> towers <a href="http://t.co/uAq3tBXnPz">pic.twitter.com/uAq3tBXnPz</a></p><p>Liza trying so hard but failing to get into the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Oscars&amp;src=hash">#Oscars</a> selfie is mb the most heartbreaking thing ever <a href="https://twitter.com/guardianfilm">@guardianfilm</a> <a href="http://t.co/UpoMC6IFow">pic.twitter.com/UpoMC6IFow</a></p><p>My photobombing gets better and better! <a href="https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow">@TheEllenShow</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23oscars&amp;src=hash">#oscars</a> <a href="http://t.co/LyOkEFgThT">pic.twitter.com/LyOkEFgThT</a></p><p>Backstage at the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Oscars&amp;src=hash">#Oscars</a> in the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ArchDigestGreenRoom&amp;src=hash">#ArchDigestGreenRoom</a>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/KevinSpacey">@KevinSpacey</a> <a href="http://t.co/zqwtW4D2Nv">pic.twitter.com/zqwtW4D2Nv</a></p><p>Backstage at the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Oscars&amp;src=hash">#Oscars</a> in the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ArchDigestGreenRoom&amp;src=hash">#ArchDigestGreenRoom</a>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/JessicaBiel">@JessicaBiel</a> photobombed by Anne Hathaway <a href="http://t.co/k3gusKxQ8o">pic.twitter.com/k3gusKxQ8o</a></p><p>Get <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23darlenelove&amp;src=hash">#darlenelove</a> trending. she is fearless! Bold! <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23blackhistory&amp;src=hash">#blackhistory</a></p><p>Can I just remind you that the Act of Killing people were quite good singers too.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/mar/03/oscars-2014-10-things-we-learned">Continue reading...</a>Oscars 2014FilmCultureOscarsTwitterEllen DeGeneresMatthew McConaugheyLupita Nyong'oMon, 03 Mar 2014 11:51:28 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/mar/03/oscars-2014-10-things-we-learnedPhotograph: ADREES LATIF/REUTERS<em>Easily</em> the best speeches … Matthew McConaughey and Lupita Nyong'o. Photograph: ADREES LATIF/REUTERSPhotograph: ADREES LATIF/REUTERS<em>Easily</em> the best speeches … Matthew McConaughey and Lupita Nyong'o. Photograph: ADREES LATIF/REUTERSCaspar Llewellyn Smith, Clare Margetson, Alan Evans, Peter Beech, Adam Boult and Catherine Shoard2014-03-03T11:51:28ZOscars 2014: five reasons this year fell a bit flathttps://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/mar/03/oscars-2014-five-reasons-this-year-fell-flat
<p>The dust has settled, the verdicts trickled in – and we wonder if we’re the only ones nostalgic for Seth MacFarlane?</p><p>We had Bette arm-waggling to a slideshow of dead people. We had Pharrell and his big hat. We had Idina Menzel belting it to the back row. But we didn’t have a <i>show</i>. There were no barnstorming song and dance numbers, no razzle-dazzle, no rootin-tootin old school Hollywood. Why? Perhaps it was the spectre of Hugh Jackman cavorting, or Seth MacFarlane’s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTKEDXNQAcc">ill-judged ballad to big-screen breasts</a>. But given Ellen’s fondness for a dance down the aisles, plus an auditorium rammed with high-grade show-offs, you’ll forgive us a disappointment at the lack of hoofing.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/mar/03/oscars-2014-five-reasons-this-year-fell-flat">Continue reading...</a>Oscars 2014FilmOscarsEllen DeGeneresCate BlanchettAwards and prizesMon, 03 Mar 2014 09:39:40 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/mar/03/oscars-2014-five-reasons-this-year-fell-flatPhotograph: Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/APCate Blanchett, inevitable winner of the best actress award. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Invision/APPhotograph: Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/APCate Blanchett, inevitable winner of the best actress award. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Invision/APClare Margetson, Alan Evans and Catherine Shoard2014-03-03T09:39:40ZPhoenix will rise again, but will anyone rescue Anne Heche's career from the flames?https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/sep/17/anne-heche-breakdown-joaquin-phoenix
As the talented Heche re-surfaces, is Hollywood's negative attitude to her breakdown, and its relief that Joaquin Phoenix's was fake, a sign of its unease about real mental illness?<p>Like much of the film-going world, my eye was caught this week by the re-emergence of a Hollywood star with a history of mental health issues that sent their once-glittering career off the rails. But I'm not thinking of Joaquin Phoenix, protagonist of what we all know for sure now is the hoax documentary I'm Still Here – although that does make for an interesting comparison. Because the person on my mind has been Anne Heche. </p><p>Like Phoenix, Heche also has a new movie out today, although not one that ever inspired any great debate about its place on the divide between fact and fiction. Her performance comes in the more prosaic setting of The Other Guys, the slapstick cop-opera vehicle for Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg in which she pops up early on in what looks at first glance a major role. However, and I can honestly say I'm not giving anything vital away plot-wise here, it then proves anything but – in fact, she promptly disappears, barely to be seen again.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/sep/17/anne-heche-breakdown-joaquin-phoenix">Continue reading...</a>FilmCultureJoaquin PhoenixMental healthEllen DeGeneresFri, 17 Sep 2010 12:56:58 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/sep/17/anne-heche-breakdown-joaquin-phoenixPhotograph: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImageHeadline act ... Anne Heche has hit the headlines more for her personal life than her onscreen performances. Photograph: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImagePhotograph: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImageHeadline act ... Anne Heche has hit the headlines more for her personal life than her onscreen performances. Photograph: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImageDanny Leigh2010-09-17T12:56:58Z